After successfully increasing collection with the 'band, baja humiliation' method, the civic body has moved on to the next step — seize valuable assets of the adamant residents who are yet to pay their property tax. The bmc has warned that the officials will seize vehicles, furniture, electronics, paintings, etc, under the distress warrant and auction them if the defaulters fail to pay in five days.

Since the scrapping of the octroi tax, property tax became the major source of revenue generation for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).